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Amber Alerts and Alaska

There are eight missing children listed at the NCMEC for Alaska. The most recent are Alicia Ebertz and Mitchell Ebertz both missing since August 11, 2006. They are listed as Endangered Missing. There was no Amber Alerts issued. In fact there have been none activated since the system was installed for any missing children in Alaska.

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Alicia and Mitchell’s abduction was made possible thanks to the Alaska Court system, a vindictive mother and a cumbersome enforcement process.

Timing is everything which is why the “amber alert” system is so important. When the red flags went up in this case, the court actual ruled that it lacked the juristicion to assist in the legal enforcement of the children leaving the state thru Canada.

Thankfully almost two years later it saw the merits of the original motion filed in 2004 and ruled correctly in 2006. Unfortunately, by this time the children were long gone.

Parents please…when going through a messy divorce insist that all orders regarding custody and visitation be enforced to the letter. At the first sign of trouble get your kids noticed by the media if the courts or law enforcement is either incapable or unwilling to help you.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Anchorage police issued an Amber Alert for 3-week-old Ethan LaCroix early Sunday morning, saying he is believed to be in danger.

LaCroix is an Alaska Native baby with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing dark blue pajamas with puppy print. His last known location was 2151 West 80th Avenue.

Police activated the Emergency Alert System shortly after midnight. It was initially said that 24-year Cole Rothacher took LaCroix, but just before 1 a.m. the police changed their primary suspect to 21-year-old Mariah Demarco.

At 2:30 a.m. police said they had contacted both Rothacher and Demarco, and both were speaking with police. They are now considered persons of interest and are no longer being sought.

Police say Elisa LaCroix, Ethan’s mother, put the child to bed at approximately 9:15 p.m. Saturday night. When she went to check on him an hour later, Ethan was missing and Elisa LaCroix called 911.

The only people in the home at the time were Elisa and Kaid LaCroix, Elisa’s husband.

Rothacher and Elisa LaCroix were in the news last month when she accused Rothacher of raping her and threatening to kill her then-unborn baby.

Police arrested Rothacher on assault and sexual assault charges, but later dropped them after they determined LaCroix, 20, lied about the incident, going so far as to plant evidence to back up her claim.

LaCroix was arrested and charged with making a false report and tampering with evidence. LaCroix told police she concocted the story to end her extra-marital affair with Rothacher.

Kaid LaCroix filed for divorce from Elisa LaCroix on Feb. 10, according to court records.

Anyone with information is asked to call Anchorage police at 786-8900.